| 1 | [[WMG:[[center:[-'''''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}''''' | [[Characters/{{Danganronpa}} Main Character Index]]\ |
| 2 | [[Characters/DanganronpaMonokuma Monokuma]]\ |
| 3 | '''''Characters/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc''''' | [[Characters/DanganronpaMaleStudents Male Students]] ([[Characters/DanganronpaMakotoNaegi Makoto Naegi]] | [[Characters/DanganronpaByakuyaTogami Byakuya Togami]]) | [[Characters/DanganronpaFemaleStudents Female Students]] ([[Characters/DanganronpaKyokoKirigiri Kyoko Kirigiri]] | [[Characters/DanganronpaTokoFukawa Toko Fukawa]] | [[Characters/DanganronpaCelestiaLudenberg Celestia Ludenberg]] | [[Characters/DanganronpaJunkoEnoshima Junko Enoshima]])\ |
| 4 | '''''Danganronpa Zero'''''\ |
| 5 | '''''Characters/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair''''' | [[Characters/Danganronpa2MaleStudents Male Students]] ([[Characters/DanganronpaHajimeHinata Hajime Hinata]] | [[Characters/DanganronpaNagitoKomaeda Nagito Komaeda]]) | [[Characters/Danganronpa2FemaleStudents Female Students]] ([[Characters/DanganronpaPekoPekoyama Peko Pekoyama]])\ |
| 6 | '''''Characters/DanganronpaAnotherEpisodeUltraDespairGirls'''''\ |
| 7 | '''''Characters/KillerKiller'''''\ |
| 8 | '''''Characters/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool''''' | [[Characters/Danganronpa3FutureArc Future Arc]] | [[Characters/Danganronpa3DespairArc Despair Arc]]\ |
| 9 | '''''Characters/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony''''' | [[Characters/DanganronpaV3MaleStudents Male Students]] ([[Characters/DanganronpaKokichiOma Kokichi Oma]]) | [[Characters/DanganronpaV3FemaleStudents Female Students]] ([[Characters/DanganronpaMiuIruma Miu Iruma]])-]\ |
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| 14 | '''Warning! All spoilers below are unmarked.''' |
| 15 | --> It's virtually impossible to list tropes for these characters without spoiling everything or creating [[Administrivia/SelfFulfillingSpoiler Self Fulfilling Spoilers]] because of the large amount of surprising reveals and murderer/victim exclusive tropes this two-volume novel contains. Additionally, since this novel is a prequel to ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'' and ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'', there will be spoilers for both games here. |
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| 17 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 18 | |
| 19 | !!Introduced in Volume 1: |
| 20 | [[folder:Ryoko Otonashi]] |
| 21 | !!!Ultimate Forgetful Girl/Ultimate Analyst |
| 22 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ryoko_otonashi_art.png]] |
| 23 | The heroine of the novel, Ryoko suffers from anterograde amnesia, a condition that causes her to forget things shortly after they happen. In order to function in day-to-day life, she keeps a "memory notebook" filled with information about herself and her daily routine. Ryoko is hopelessly in love with Yasuke Matsuda, the doctor researching her memory loss. She is actually the amnesiac [[BigBad Junko]] [[HopeCrusher Enoshima]], as she instructed Yasuke to have her undergo a memory-wiping procedure in preparation of perfecting said procedure and using it against her classmates right before the Killing Game of the first Danganronpa. |
| 24 | ----- |
| 25 | * AllThereInTheManual: Her talent of "Ultimate Forgetful Girl" isn't actually given in the book itself, but rather in her character sketch at the back of the first volume. Mostly because it isn't actually a talent and is just a label. |
| 26 | * AmnesiacDissonance: It's a rather horrifying implication that ''this'' is the amnesiac mind of a fashionista who has not only orchestrated the deaths of Hope's Peak's student council, but also one whose experiences and analytical talent led her to become a murderous mastermind with a fetish for despair. |
| 27 | * AwesomenessByAnalysis: Ryoko's talent. During the few times she remembers she has it, she can easily curbstomp trained assassins and "read" people's emotional flaws to an almost precognitive degree. |
| 28 | * BlessedWithSuck: Subverted. "Ultimate Forgetful Girl" seems like an absolutely terrible talent with zero benefits... and that's because it's '''not''' a talent. |
| 29 | * TheCameo: Ryoko appears briefly in ''Super Danganronpa 2.5'' alongside Matsuda and Madarai. |
| 30 | * CasualKink: After it's explained to Ryoko why she's [[ItMakesSenseInContext tied to a bed]], her fear dissipates and she actually starts feeling a little excited about the experience. |
| 31 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Even factoring in her condition, Ryoko doesn't think much like a normal person. At one point she even dreams about going to America with Matsuda to start a corn farm... ''on the moon''. |
| 32 | * TheDitz: Acts like a scatterbrain much of the time. Though, for all intents and purposes, it's her memory loss doing it. |
| 33 | * EnemyWithin: It is implied that Ryoko temporarily regains her memories as Junko in certain scenes. |
| 34 | * ExpositoryHairstyleChange: She must have dyed her hair twice, once shortly prior to her memory loss and once again after her memory recovery. Changing her hair from blond to red is one of the things that catches Makoto off-guard. |
| 35 | * EvilRedhead: It's implied red is the natural color of Junko's hair and that she dyes it blonde. |
| 36 | * FieryRedhead: A... rather eccentric one. |
| 37 | * ForgetfulJones: Her "talent," for better or for worse. She forgets almost everything she learns and she has to rely on her notebook to remember stuff. |
| 38 | * FullNameBasis: If the narration refers to her by her name, it will always be her full name. Even when she refers to herself, she does it internally... and ''also'' by her full name. This oddly sterile quality of the narration and Ryoko's inner voice is probably part of the [[{{Foreshadowing}} foreshadowing]] that her "name" is an alias. |
| 39 | * GenkiGirl: Most of the time anyway. She's a cheerful girl, but she's not the plucky type. |
| 40 | * HeKnowsTooMuch: Madarai goes after her because of this. Ironically, she doesn't know much, and he just assumes she does. |
| 41 | * HeyYou: Whenever she introduces herself by her name, she just points at her notebook and people read "Ryoko Otonashi." However, neither the other characters call her by that name (regardless if it's the first, the last or the full name) nor does she vocally call herself by that name, which foreshadows that "Ryoko" isn't her real name. This becomes a plot point, as neither Kyoko nor Makoto call her by any name in spite of knowing she's Junko. |
| 42 | * IJustWantToBeLoved: Matsuda theorizes that Ryoko's obsession with him is how she copes with the loneliness induced by her condition, although Ryoko herself refuses to hear it. |
| 43 | * ItsAllAboutMe: It isn't overt, but at times, Ryoko is shown to barely care about anything that doesn't concern her or Matsuda. Justified given that she can't remember anything besides Matsuda and thus treats it as irrelevant. |
| 44 | * JekyllAndHyde: Her connection to Junko Enoshima. Certain scenes suggest she hallucinates seeing her when she begins to regain her memories. |
| 45 | * LackOfEmpathy: Played with. Her amnesia affects her to the point where she doesn't even care about missing out on a normal life, since she'll just forget her interactions with other people. As such, she decides that pretty much the entire rest of the world "has nothing to do with me", making it very difficult for her to demonstrate compassion or sympathy for most anyone. However, she ''does'' go to great lengths to protect Matsuda, the one person whose name she can actually remember. |
| 46 | * NeverMyFault: She has a habit of saying "that has nothing to do with me." The most blatant example is when Makoto is taken hostage by Madarai, with Ryoko refusing to help him because she insists on being uninvolved and blaming Makoto's bad luck for his situation. |
| 47 | * NoteToSelf: The function of her notebook. It contains most of her memories she has experienced during her amnesiac time. |
| 48 | * ThePowerOfLove: A strong believer of this in regards to Matsuda. |
| 49 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: Assuming her eyes are really the [[CurtainsMatchTheWindows same color as her hair]]. Not only may she have killed one of the Madarai brothers in self-defense with ''Film/HomeAlone'' [[ShoutOut inspired traps]]. In addition, moments after she reverts to being Junko, she stabs Matsuda in a fit of despair and then kicks his corpse repeatedly until it's unrecognizable. The accompanying image even gives her an overlay of Monokuma's red eye over her left eye. |
| 50 | * RememberTheNewGuy: Given that she's seemingly a new character, we learn that Makoto has already met her in the past. It's subverted, as it turns out that the reason why Makoto remembers her is because she is Junko. |
| 51 | * SingleTargetSexuality: Matsuda, and that's putting it mildly. There almost isn't a single moment where she isn't thinking about him. |
| 52 | * SupportingProtagonist: About half of the story is narrated from her perspective, and yet Ryoko takes an almost entirely passive approach to the events. she'll eventually forget about them. Somewhat fittingly, Ryoko lacks an IdiotHair (a characteristic of main characters in the franchise) while Matsuda has one. |
| 53 | * ThirdPersonPerson: An odd variation. There are a couple of times where she internally refers to herself by her full name as if Ryoko Otonashi is a different person. This is a hint that "Ryoko" isn't her true identity. |
| 54 | * ThrowingOffTheDisability: Played with. While Ryoko does lose her condition at the end, she didn't actually have anterograde amnesia, with her memory condition being a side effect of the memory wipe Matsuda had her undergo. |
| 55 | * TomatoInTheMirror: In the climax of the second volume, Ryoko finally manages to regain her lost memories... unveiling her as having been the ''real'' Junko Enoshima the whole time. |
| 56 | -->''"[[EvilLaugh Puhuhu!]]'' ''[[WhamLine That's right! Ryoko... Otonashi... never... even... existed... in... the... first... place!]]"'' |
| 57 | * UnreliableNarrator: Comes with her condition. Notably, chapters from her perspective are narrated in first person whereas the others aren't. |
| 58 | * VillainProtagonist: ''She'' is not a villain, but Junko certainly is, and this story is primarily concerned with the "two" of them. |
| 59 | * ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: She snaps into a fit of [[UnstoppableRage blind rage]] when she finds out that one of Enoshima's goals is to kill Matsuda. She vows to do whatever it takes to protect him and their world... and then we find out she ''is'' Junko. |
| 60 | * TheWatson: Picks up on a lot of the exposition of the other characters. Granted, she tends to forget about it... |
| 61 | * WrongGenreSavvy: When she snaps at Kyoko, she believes to awaken hidden PsychicPowers when the glass on the door is breaking. She tries to use {{Telekinesis}} on Kyoko's [[YourHeadASplode head to kill her]], but it obviously doesn't work and it's just her wild imagination. Why was the glass breaking? It's because Madarai broke it. |
| 62 | [[/folder]] |
| 63 | |
| 64 | [[folder:Yasuke Matsuda]] |
| 65 | !!!Ultimate Neurologist |
| 66 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yasuke_matsuda.png]] |
| 67 | Ryoko's doctor, crush, and childhood friend, Matsuda is renowned for his knowledge and skill relating to the human brain. He also happens to be aloof and overly rude. Matsuda is in fact the childhood friend of Junko Enoshima, having created the identity of Ryoko for her in order to protect her from others--including, to his own word, herself. This leads to him murdering Murasame and Kamishiro when they get too close to the truth. Eventually, he tries to kill Ryoko after realizing Junko was using him as a pawn, only to be fatally stabbed before his corpse is kicked repeatedly until it's unrecognizable. |
| 68 | ---- |
| 69 | * AllForNothing: Aided Junko and killed two innocent people in hope of curing Junko's despair obsession. Instead, he just prevents two people who might have stopped the Ultimate Despair from being able do so, provides Junko with an essential element of her killing games (memory wiping), and dies while Junko rubs his face in his failure. |
| 70 | * AntiVillain: While the fact that Junko has been using him without him knowing may make him sympathetic, he is still not one of the "good" guys. |
| 71 | * TheAtoner: He eventually realizes that his attempt to salvage Junko's sanity has failed and he must kill her to protect humanity (having personally killed everyone else who tried). [[HeelFaceDoorSlam He's too late.]] |
| 72 | * TheCameo: Matsuda briefly appears in Episode 8 of ''[[Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool Danganronpa 3: Despair Arc]]'' and in ''Super Danganronpa 2.5'' alongside Ryoko and Madarai. |
| 73 | * CharacterDeath: He is fatally stabbed by Ryoko, who is actually [[BigBad Junko]]. |
| 74 | * ChildhoodFriendRomance: It is implied and eventually confirmed that he and Ryoko were childhood friends. Ryoko is very much in love with him, while he seems at best annoyed by her. He actually does care about her a lot, and those feelings form the backbone of the true story. |
| 75 | * ConvenientlyAnOrphan: It's mentioned in the flashback dealing with his mother's death that he has no other friends or family. Convenient since it allows the school's committee to blackmail him without repercussions and no one will notice that he's working with a mass murderer. |
| 76 | * DeadpanSnarker: To contrast our ditzy and... unusual heroine. |
| 77 | * {{Deuteragonist}}: One could say Matsuda is the actual main character of the book, despite only getting major focus halfway through. |
| 78 | * DrJerk: Rarely nice to anyone even if it is A) his fellow student, B) his patient, and C) openly head-over-heels for him. |
| 79 | * FriendlessBackground: Even in the present point in the story, he cuts himself off from people. |
| 80 | * TheGhost: Is mentioned (albeit not by name), in ''Ultimate Talent Development Plan'', when Junko is disappointed that his graduation was so uneventful. |
| 81 | * HeelFaceDoorSlam: Is killed just after realizing that Junko was using him as an UnwittingPawn. |
| 82 | * HeKnowsTooMuch: Murders Murasame for this reason. |
| 83 | * HypocriticalHeartwarming: Just because he bad mouths Ryoko whenever he can doesn't mean he will let anyone else do the same, even if they are part of the Steering Committee. |
| 84 | * IdiotHair: Has one per franchise tradition, though he's far from stupid. Interesting, as within the franchise they tend to be a marker of A) being a protagonist and B) having Hope. |
| 85 | * ImGoingToHellForThis: He acknowledges in a monologue that his murders were completely unjustified and he's a horrible person. |
| 86 | * ImprobableAge: Even when you factor in the sort of people that go to the academy, Matsuda is either 17 or 18 years old... yet he's skilled at one of the hardest fields in medical science. A flashback outright implies he's been studying to become a neurologist since ''elementary school''. |
| 87 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite Matsuda's mercilessly sharp tongue and rudeness, he sure does love Junko. More under TragicVillain below and TheAtoner above, but it's also implied that he began to study neurology out of bitterness regarding doctors being unable to save his mother's life; he didn't want anyone else to go through what he did. |
| 88 | * KillTheOnesYouLove: Attempts this on Ryoko, having decided it to be his only option left. It earns him a knife to the gut and his corpse getting repeatedly kicked until it can't be recognized. |
| 89 | * LikeParentLikeSpouse: It's stated by Mukuro at the end that Ryoko's appearance was based on Matsuda's late mother. |
| 90 | * LovingAShadow: He's despised Junko ever since she fell into despair. Realizing this is what really causes him to break. |
| 91 | * MissingMom: His mother's death by an unspecified brain condition is what led him to become a neurologist. As he's dying, Junko claims to have orchestrated her death, though how truthful she was is left ambiguous. Given the circumstances, she was probably lying in an attempt to drive him further into despair before he died. |
| 92 | * MoralityPet: Like Mukuro, he is proof that Junko Enoshima is capable of love, but also like Mukuro, he is proof that said love is twisted and vile because she manipulates him and then kills him personally. |
| 93 | * NoKillLikeOverkill: After he's stabbed to death, Junko kicks his corpse so badly it's described as barely looking human. |
| 94 | * RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Betrays Hope's Peak to help Junko, and she rewards him by murdering him so to get her despair fix. |
| 95 | * StrongerThanTheyLook: Despite his talent having nothing to do with sports and him having a fairly average build, he's somehow strong enough to twist Kamishiro's head to face the opposide direction of his body. |
| 96 | * TeenGenius: He got into the school because he is a neurology-based one. |
| 97 | * TragicVillain: He never wanted to hurt anyone or even cause despair—all he was actually trying to do was protect his childhood friend, the only emotional support he had since his mother died. For it, he got used as a pawn, killed two of his fellow students, tried to kill said friend after realizing it was the only option he had left, and ended up stabbed, dying under the belief that she might have actually been responsible for his mother's death. For a kicker, Junko ''repeatedly kicks his corpse until it's unrecognizable'' before stealing his research. '''Ouch'''. |
| 98 | * UnreliableNarrator: Knows almost everything that's going on, which the narration goes to great lengths to hide. |
| 99 | * UnwittingPawn: To Junko. He doesn't take realizing her manipulation well. |
| 100 | * UsedToBeASweetKid: Was a very reliable and decent child prior to his mother's death. |
| 101 | * WalkingSpoiler: Big time. Despite being a main character, much of what we know about Matsuda is only given in connection to most of the novel's plot twists. |
| 102 | * WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: He considers Ryoko a mere role that Junko is playing, and talks to her as he would Junko (for example, his comment that Ryoko has an "ugly heart"). Despite this, he still feels disappointed when Ryoko "dies." |
| 103 | [[/folder]] |
| 104 | |
| 105 | [[folder:Junko Enoshima]] |
| 106 | !!!Ultimate Fashionista/Ultimate Despair |
| 107 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/junko_enoshima_dr1.png]] |
| 108 | [[caption-width-right:300:Junko Enoshima in ''Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc''.]] |
| 109 | The mastermind behind a scheme to spread despair across the globe, Junko orchestrated The Worst Incident in Hope's Peak Academy's History as part of that scheme. She claims to have stolen Ryoko's memories and then declares that her EvilPlan now includes murdering Matsuda. Near the second volume's end, Ryoko realizes that this Junko is a disguised Mukuro. |
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| 111 | * ActionFashionista: She's the Ultimate Fashionista and ''quite'' an asskicker whenever situations call for it. It's a big hint to her true identity. |
| 112 | * AlphaBitch: The first time she meets Ryoko, she establishes herself as this. Junko's also the kind of attractive, influential, and rich girl who loves seeing others fall into despair. |
| 113 | -->''"...oh? Why are you ignoring me? Or maybe your default mode is being one of those mute characters?"'' |
| 114 | -->''[[SlasherSmile She had a smile on her face, but it was the wicked smile of a warrior looking down on a foolish weakling before they crush them.]]'' |
| 115 | * AxCrazy: Junko is way more than crazed enough to want '''everyone on Earth''' drowning in despair. There's also how she ''scratched Ryoko's tongue just because she showed her name instead of saying it''. |
| 116 | * BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad: As always, she hates hope and loves despair. |
| 117 | * BigBad: Of ''Danganronpa Zero'', as it's her scheme for global despair which leads to everything that happens in the novel. However, Mukuro's a decoy BigBad. |
| 118 | * BlackEyesOfEvil: Ryoko narrates how Junko has "deep dark eyes" that could potentially swallow "even the darkness of the night." |
| 119 | * BreakThemByTalking: She makes Ryoko feel sick by explaining what she thinks about everyone who isn't her. |
| 120 | -->''"I think you misunderstand the situation, don't you agree?" Enoshima-san crouched down and peered into my exhausted eyes. Alarms went off everywhere inside my head – I mustn't look into her eyes. Nevertheless, I couldn't avert my gaze. [[ItsAllAboutMe "I should've let you known beforehand. Your intentions are irrelevant. What's relevant is Junko Enoshima's purposes. That is all. That's why even thinking about escaping from Junko Enoshima is nonsense.]] [[ToCreateAPlaygroundForEvil The world itself is Junko Enoshima's playground, and everyone in it is merely living on borrowed time. I'm not talking 'everything you own is mine' – I'm talking, 'you yourself are mine.' The entire world and all humanity are for Junko Enoshima to do with as she pleases."]]'' |
| 121 | -->''– What?'' |
| 122 | -->''[[LampshadeHanging It was the most evil, extraordinary, egotistical doctrine. The kind that causes you to feel sick.]] If she really means all that, I have to resent my own lack of luck for meeting that girl.'' |
| 123 | * CharacterExaggeration: Junko's already over-the-top personality is turned ''up to eleven'', and it makes sense because she's '''not''' the real Junko Enoshima. |
| 124 | * DarkActionGirl: Puts up a very good fight against Madarai. This is mostly because it's Mukuro who's fighting. |
| 125 | * EvilLaugh: As she scratches Ryoko's tongue, she breaks down into a fit of disturbing laughter. |
| 126 | -->''".......heh."'' |
| 127 | -->''Suddenly, I heard a laughing voice.'' |
| 128 | -->''"Heh... aha... ahahaha!" With an ecstatic expression on her face, her cheeks painted red, she laughed a bizarre, mad, overwhelming laugh.'' |
| 129 | -->''"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"'' |
| 130 | -->''When that merciless, savage roar of laughter came to a stop, she finally removed her fingers from my mouth.'' |
| 131 | * EvilPlan: She wants ToCreateAPlaygroundForEvil ruled by every form of despair there is. |
| 132 | * TheFashionista: Junko's official talent. |
| 133 | * FlashStep: Uses this against Ryoko when she tries to run away from her. |
| 134 | * ForcefulKiss: She temporarily immobilizes Yasuke by violently kissing him with an immobilizing poison on her lips. |
| 135 | * HopeCrusher: Including Ryoko, only a few people are aware she's the Ultimate Despair. Look no further than what she has to say right after she's through with scratching her tongue. |
| 136 | -->''"I bet you're wondering why I'd do such an odd thing, don't you? Well, to answer simply, I really wanted to see your face full of despair. Y'see, for me, this is the best kind of introduction you can give!"'' |
| 137 | * ItsAllAboutMe: Junko not only believes she's the only person who matters, but also that ''thinking'' about escaping her is "nonsense." '''Geez'''... |
| 138 | * LaughablyEvil: Even ''more'' so than before. |
| 139 | * MoodSwinger: Junko rapidly changes whatever she's talking about along with her facial expressions. |
| 140 | * ObviouslyEvil: Ryoko quickly realizes how sinister Junko is. |
| 141 | -->''[[TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse At first glance, she seemed like a normal cute girl.]] Her eyes alone were a million light years divorced from "normal." Those [[BlackEyesOfEvil deep dark eyes]] were like a bottomless swamp, and it almost seemed even the darkness of the night could easily be swallowed inside them.'' |
| 142 | -->''The moment I saw those eyes, danger signals started flashing violently inside my brain. Every fiber in my body screamed at me to run away, but at the same time I was captured by the despair-inducing idea that resistance was futile. In the end, I just stood there, transfixed, unable to move.'' |
| 143 | * OutOfCharacterMoment: She seems quite offended by Ryoko’s large bust, and insists that it will sag horribly as she ages. An odd thing for someone as well-endowed as Junko to comment on. |
| 144 | * SlasherSmile: She has a penchant for this. |
| 145 | * TalkativeLoon: Junko's an AxCrazy mastermind who loves to talk. |
| 146 | -->''"Wait, now I remember! We were talking about boob obsession! Y'know, I hate being pushy, but you should really drop that boob obsession of yours. Dropchez cet obséssion, if you prefer en Français. If you don't drop it, you're going to get in trouble when you're older. Do you get it? The larger they are the more they sag. Or maybe you're one of them? Do you think you can win against the forces of gravity? Do you have superpowers? Should I expect [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/MarvelComicsMagneto Magneto]] to come scouting for you?"'' |
| 147 | * TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: Ryoko notes how Junko appears to be just another "normal cute girl" at first. |
| 148 | * ToCreateAPlaygroundForEvil: She essentially says this is the goal of her EvilPlan. |
| 149 | * TwinSwitch: Just like in ''Trigger Happy Havoc''. |
| 150 | -->''I remembered the face of the girl standing in front of me.'' |
| 151 | -->''This face I've been seeing was not Junko Enoshima, but someone else. That's right; that would be Mukuro Ikusaba's face...'' |
| 152 | -->''...but at the same time, another question floated up in my head. If the me right now was able to recognize Mukuro Ikusaba, what about past forgetful me? Showy makeup, blonde hair, popped open uniform, insanely short skirt—if I saw that disguised girl, would I be able to connect things together and realize it's Mukuro Ikusaba?'' |
| 153 | [[/folder]] |
| 154 | |
| 155 | [[folder:Yuto Kamishiro]] |
| 156 | !!!Ultimate Spy |
| 157 | [[quoteright:301:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yutokamishiro.png]] |
| 158 | A classmate of Matsuda's, Kamishiro has the voice and appearance of an elementary school student—something which proves perfect for hiding in crowds. Despite his appearance, Kamishiro (barely) conceals intense lust and takes an interest in Ryoko. He is murdered by Matsuda, who breaks his neck near the end of the second volume in order to hide the truth. |
| 159 | ---- |
| 160 | * BigEater: Is always seen eating. |
| 161 | * TheCameo: He briefly appears in Episode 5 of ''Despair Arc'', and his Hansel & Gretel bread bag is a potential gift in ''Goodbye Despair''. |
| 162 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: An odd, [[{{Keet}} outgoing]] boy with a perverted personality and a mild obsession with solving mysteries right out of a spy thriller. Ryoko's narration even says he has an "innocent madness" to him. |
| 163 | * TheCuckoolanderWasRight: Despite his eccentric behavior, Kamishiro was right about Junko being the mastermind behind The Worst Incident in Hope's Peak Academy's History. |
| 164 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: Subtle, but it's noted in his first conversation with Ryoko that he spends the whole discussion staring at her skirt. Less subtle is his official art as you can see here. If you don't already see it [[BrainBleach you may want to not look too closely]]. |
| 165 | * HeKnowsTooMuch: |
| 166 | ** Which is why Matsuda killed him. Also, he's only character who figures out that Junko orchestrated the deaths of the academy's student council. |
| 167 | ** He is aware of how dangerous this trope is, so he doesn't share any information that his junior agent -- implied to be Chihiro Fujisaki -- doesn't need to know. |
| 168 | * HiddenDepths: When he meets up with Ryoko near the end of ''Zero'', Kamishiro shows a different side of himself; that being of someone who simply wishes to be seen and noticed. |
| 169 | * {{Keet}}: Helped by the fact that he [[OlderThanTheyLook looks like an ordinary little boy]]. |
| 170 | * LovableSexManiac: His profile notes him as having "uncontrollable sexual desire" and ''it shows''. His official artwork is even visibly sporting an erection. His last scene suggests it might partially be a way of making people notice him. |
| 171 | * MeaningfulName: "Yūto" is spelled with the characters for "actor" and [[AnimalMotifs "rabbit"]] which is very fitting since his primary traits are looking like an adorable and harmless child, his ability to blend into almost any situation (whether he wants to or not), and his uncontrollable sex drive. |
| 172 | * NeckSnap: It's snapped by his head being turned all the way around. is looking up at the ceiling despite his body facing the ground. |
| 173 | * TheNondescript: He is described as being so average it is hard to remember him or even notice him in the first place, which is why he makes a great spy, but he ''hates'' being seen (or, indeed, not seen) like this. |
| 174 | * OlderThanHeLooks: Around 17-18 years old and yet looks 10. Has the voice to match as well. |
| 175 | * PluckyComicRelief: His antics provide much of the comedy in an otherwise extremely bleak story. |
| 176 | * ShooOutTheClowns: At the end of the story, he gets his neck snapped in a [[SurprisinglySuddenDeath swift and unceremonious fashion]] to set the dark tone of TheReveal. |
| 177 | * SmallNameBigEgo: He is prone to praise himself and making everything he says as dramatic as possible, even though he's a very forgettable and unnoticeable person. |
| 178 | * StealthHiBye: Without the bye-part; he often appears out of nowhere due to his lack of presence. |
| 179 | * SurprisinglySuddenDeath: Ryoko takes a while to notice that based on his unnatural pose he was murdered and it happened without her noticing despite having a conversation with him at the time. |
| 180 | * TeenSuperSpy: His Ultimate talent. He's the Ultimate Spy. |
| 181 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: A seemingly endless supply of bread he gets from his "Hänsel and Gretel" bag or even his [[HammerSpace coat pockets]]. |
| 182 | * TuxedoAndMartini: {{Parodied|Trope}}. He certainly fancies himself to be this, complete with the flirty personality, but he looks like a ten-year-old boy and [[WrongGenreSavvy is clearly in WAY over his head]]. |
| 183 | * WhamLine: While Kyoko has already told her about it, Kamishiro delivers one to Ryoko by confirming that Matsuda is Murasame's murderer. |
| 184 | * WrongGenreSavvy: He thinks the mystery surrounding Hope's Peak Academy is an elaborate espionage plot akin to a [[Franchise/JamesBond Bond flick]]... but he's in ''Danganronpa'', where AnyoneCanDie, and his investigations come back to bite him. Fatally. |
| 185 | [[/folder]] |
| 186 | |
| 187 | [[folder:Isshiki Madarai]] |
| 188 | !!!Ultimate Bodyguard/Ultimate Octuplets |
| 189 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/isshiki_madarai.png]] |
| 190 | A defender of the academy with the appearance of a snake, Madarai is determined at any cost to find whoever was responsible for The Tragedy of Hope's Peak Academy. This leads him to pursue Ryoko, who through circumstance is marked as dangerous. After the confrontation, he is subsequently attacked and killed by Junko. Later on, Madarai returns, leading to TheReveal that "Isshiki Madarai" is actually a name used by eight identical siblings: Isshiki, Nisshiki, Misshiki, Yosshiki, Gosshiki, Rosshiki, Shisshiki, and Yasshiki. Renowned for their superhuman synchronization skills, they are all eventually killed by Mukuro. |
| 191 | |
| 192 | Isshiki is the first one to be introduced, confronting Ryoko and "Junko" (who is actually Mukuro) at the school's central fountain, and he pursues the former relentlessly until he's trapped by her in a shed. Nisshiki assaults her right after she has defeated Isshiki, but he's killed by Mukuro on the spot. Misshiki appears in Matsuda's laboratory where he takes Makoto hostage, but he's overwhelmed by Mukuro's fighting skills. Later on, Yosshiki and Gosshiki corner Ryoko and Kyoko in Matsuda's laboratory, with Rosshiki backing them up. After Ryoko jumps from the building to escape, she's cornered by Shisshiki, Yasshiki, Yosshiki, and Gosshiki—all while Rosshiki is busy fighting Kirigiri. The four brothers ganging up on Ryoko are then mercilessly defeated by Ikusaba at once. |
| 193 | ---- |
| 194 | * AnimalMotifs: Is frequently compared to a [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent snake]] both in appearance and behavior. The fact that there are [[MythicalMotifs eight of them]] also makes them a reference to the {{Orochi}}, a legendary eight-headed serpent. |
| 195 | * AlwaysIdenticalTwins: Exaggerated trope. Despite being octuplets, they are all identical. |
| 196 | * BackupTwin: And plenty of them. |
| 197 | * TheCameo: Madarai appears briefly in ''Super Danganronpa 2.5'', along with Matsuda and Ryoko. |
| 198 | * ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: They were absent when The Tragedy of Hope's Peak Academy happened, which led them to surviving the incident. |
| 199 | * CustomUniform: A traditional Japanese boy's uniform, instead of the blazer that the other students wear. |
| 200 | * TheDividual: An exaggerated example of Twindividual since either in order to keep up the illusion of Isshiki being alive (and immortal as they put it) or as a part of their normal MO as the Ultimate Bodyguard/Octuplets they all act and tend to be treated as one character instead of eight. |
| 201 | * EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: A rather sinister example. |
| 202 | * {{Expy}}: Visually of [[Anime/{{Naruto}} Orochimaru]], which makes sense since his design is using the same motifs. |
| 203 | * FaceOfAThug: Downplayed. He looks incredibly sinister, but he's actually quite polite and incredibly loyal to the academy. This doesn't stop him from being ruthless when he needs to be, however. |
| 204 | * FinishingEachOthersSentences: And they do it so well other people only notice that there really ''are'' more than one by them saying different names or that there is more than appears by the sentence being said three times instead of two. |
| 205 | * HiveMind: It's suggested that the Madarai brothers have this to a degree a la TwinTelepathy taken up to eleven, like many of their TwinTropes are. |
| 206 | * ItsPersonal: They were not there when The Tragedy of Hope's Peak Academy occurred. Aside from their guilt of having failed to do their job as the Student Council's bodyguards, they weren't even targeted by the criminals, as they didn't consider them as a real member of the Student Council. Feeling humiliated by that, they now want revenge. |
| 207 | * JerkassHasAPoint: In the end, Madarai is not completely off with his belief of Ryoko Otonashi being involved with the massacre of the student council, as it's later revaled she's the amnesiac Junko, the true mastermind behind the incident. |
| 208 | * JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: When they attempt to kill Kyoko, the headmaster's daughter, in order to prevent her discovering the details behind the Incident. |
| 209 | * MeaningfulName: "Madarai" is spelled with the characters for "uneven" and [[Film/TheRing "Well"]] (as in where you get water from) and plays off the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Madara]]/[[GratuitousEnglish "Murderer"]] pun. |
| 210 | * MyFriendsAndZoidberg: He is elected as a Student Council "member" to be the council's bodyguard.. but neither the council nor [[BigBad the]] [[TheDragon criminals]] behind The Tragedy of Hope's Peak Academy's consider them an actual member. |
| 211 | * MythicalMotifs: In addition to the snake motif, they also have {{Orochi}} and [[StringyHairedGhostGirl onryō]] motifs based on Myth/JapaneseMythology. |
| 212 | * NeckSnap: How one of them dies. |
| 213 | * NumericalThemeNaming: The brothers' first names are all spelled with the characters for one to eight, followed by -shiki (or [[BilingualBonus "ceremony"]]). |
| 214 | * OverlyLongTongue: He is depicted as having a very long tongue. |
| 215 | * RevengeBeforeReason: His FatalFlaw, as his determination to avenge the academy leads him to pursue Ryoko--a frightened girl with no idea what's going on--with the intent to torture her for information. |
| 216 | * StringyHairedGhostGirl: While they are not a traditional example, being several living males who dress in black, they clearly have the core traits of onryō--long black hair, very pale skin, an overpowering desire to avenge wrongful deaths which affects ''everyone'' around them, and the targets of their revenge are never really punished for what they did. |
| 217 | * TsurimeEyes: Barely extend beyond slits. |
| 218 | * UndyingLoyalty: To Hope's Peak Academy. |
| 219 | * WalkingSpoiler: Yup, another one... well, another '''''eight''''', which is part of what makes them this. |
| 220 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: Killed by Junko in the first volume shortly after Ryoko escapes. Subverted when it turns out he, or rather they, aren't quite finished yet. |
| 221 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: To a rather blatant extent. His obsession with avenging The Tragedy of Hope's Peak Academy is what drags everyone down. |
| 222 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: One has their neck broken by "Junko" (Nisshiki), the one Ryoko knocked out in the shed (Isshiki) is implied to have been killed, one was curb-stomped in Matsuda's laboratory (Misshiki) and four are defeated in combat by Mukuro (Yoshiki, Gosshiki, Shisshiki and Yasshiki) before being killed by her. What happened to Rosshiki is never explained or shown, even though it's implied in the epilogue that all the brothers died since he/they were "expelled." |
| 223 | * YoungerThanHeLooks: Looks like a giant in comparison to the others going by a piece of group art. |
| 224 | [[/folder]] |
| 225 | |
| 226 | [[folder:Jin Kirigiri]] |
| 227 | !!!Headmaster of Hope's Peak Academy |
| 228 | [[quoteright:148:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jin_kirigiri_illustration.png]] |
| 229 | The academy's headmaster, Jin's loyalties are split after The Tragedy of Hope's Peak Academy, and he hires his daughter Kyoko to investigate it. |
| 230 | ---- |
| 231 | * AbsurdlyYouthfulFather: Has a teenage daughter despite only being in his mid-to-late thirties. |
| 232 | * BreakHerHeartToSaveHer: Threatens his daughter with expulsion should she continue investigating The Tragedy of Hope's Peak Academy, doing so in order to save her life. |
| 233 | * DisappearedDad: To Kyoko. Jin left his family and detective duties to pursue his job. |
| 234 | * DoomedByCanon: Since ''Zero'' takes place around a year before the events of ''Trigger Happy Havoc'' (where he's executed early on). |
| 235 | * HairColorDissonance: His hair appears dark purple in promotional art, but is black in ''Anime/Danganronpa3''. |
| 236 | * LoveFreak: Well, "talent freak." It's not obvious, but he ''really'' likes talent. The ending spells out that Jin outright let Junko go through with her plans until it was too late to stop her because he saw ''despair'' as a viable talent. |
| 237 | * OlderThanHeLooks: Noted by Matsuda when they meet. |
| 238 | * ParentalNeglect: He left his daughter to pursue his job. |
| 239 | * PuppetKing: While he's officially the headmaster, the novel establishes him to be little more than a pawn for the Steering Committee. |
| 240 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He just wants to keep his students and the academy safe. |
| 241 | * TooDumbToLive: Yes, Jin. Letting a famous fashionista with a ''paradoxical fetish for despair'' go about her business because you think despair, the very thing your school was made to combat, is viable as an Ultimate talent is going to end ''[[SarcasmMode swimmingly]]''. |
| 242 | * UnwittingPawn: Just like everyone else. |
| 243 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: He did some pretty terrible things, including shielding a murderer and approving of the way Izuru was raised (made worse when ''Danganronpa 2'' revealed just how Kamukura was created)... but he did it all out of his sincere love of the academy. |
| 244 | [[/folder]] |
| 245 | |
| 246 | [[folder:Kyoko Kirigiri]] |
| 247 | !!!Ultimate Detective |
| 248 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kyoko_dr0.png]] |
| 249 | The estranged daughter of Headmaster Jin Kirigiri and descendant to a famous line of detectives, Kyoko is hired by her father to investigate The Tragefy Hope's Peak Academy |
| 250 | ---- |
| 251 | [[Characters/DanganronpaKyokoKirigiri Click here to see her page]] |
| 252 | [[/folder]] |
| 253 | |
| 254 | [[folder:Izuru Kamukura]] |
| 255 | !!!"Ultimate Hope" |
| 256 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see Kamukura in ''Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair''.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/izuruprofile_1.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 257 | A mysterious student who is believed to be the culprit behind The Tragedy of Hope's Peak Academy. |
| 258 | -----[[Characters/DanganronpaHajimeHinata Click here to read about him.]] |
| 259 | [[/folder]] |
| 260 | |
| 261 | !!Introduced in Volume 2: |
| 262 | [[folder:Makoto Naegi]] |
| 263 | !!!Ultimate Lucky Student |
| 264 | [[quoteright:132:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/makoto_dr0.png]] |
| 265 | A random student Ryoko meets at Matsuda's laboratory, he is an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent who is blessed with luck (or bad luck depending how one views it), having been chosen to attend Hope Peak's Academy because of the luck in question. |
| 266 | ---- |
| 267 | [[Characters/DanganronpaMakotoNaegi Click here to read about him.]] |
| 268 | [[/folder]] |
| 269 | |
| 270 | [[folder:Mukuro Ikusaba]] |
| 271 | !!!Ultimate Soldier |
| 272 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dr0_mukuro_ikusaba.png]] |
| 273 | A former member of an infamous mercenary group called Fenrir, Mukuro Ikusaba is notorious for not receiving a single wound in her three years of service. Debuting in the second volume, she is Makoto's classmate and the older twin sister of Junko Enoshima, who she is in league with. |
| 274 | ---- |
| 275 | * ActionGirl: Especially since she's a female soldier. Once she becomes Junko's accomplice, she becomes a DarkActionGirl. |
| 276 | * AxCrazy: She has no problem with being either a murderous criminal or a member of Ultimate Despair. During a small mental breakdown, she is described as having eyes with swirls and spirals in them much like Junko did before she was executed. It also brings to mind other characters in the franchise who have fallen into despair. |
| 277 | * BigDamnHeroes: Saves Ryoko and Makoto from Madarai with a single knife throw. |
| 278 | * ChildSoldier: Her talent. |
| 279 | * DarkActionGirl: Her undying alignment with her younger twin sister makes her this. |
| 280 | * DoomedByCanon: Since ''Zero'' takes place around a year before the events of ''Trigger Happy Havoc'' (where she's murdered by Junko). |
| 281 | * TheDragon: To her sister, Junko Enoshima. |
| 282 | * FirstNameBasis: Being her older twin sister, Mukuro calls Junko Enoshima "Junko-chan." |
| 283 | * IWasJustPassingThrough: She uses this as an excuse to justify why she happens to be at the scene when she saves Makoto from Madarai. |
| 284 | * MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: This is invoked when ''and'' how she saves Makoto from Madarai. |
| 285 | * ShipTease: She seemingly has a crush on Makoto, which is made far more obvious in ''Literature/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavocIf''. |
| 286 | * SuperSpeed: Shows this during her fights with the eight Madarai brothers. It's a big hint to how she's disguised as Junko. |
| 287 | * {{Tsundere}}: Her "IWasJustPassingThrough" excuse towards Makoto and her little embarrassment indicate that she's this. |
| 288 | * TwinSwitch: Turns out that as part of Enoshima's plan, she impersonated her. |
| 289 | * {{Yandere}}: Sibling-based feelings. Everything she does--from perpetrating murders to allowing for her sanity's destruction--is out of her devotion to Junko. |
| 290 | [[/folder]] |
| 291 | |
| 292 | [[folder:Soshun Murasame]] |
| 293 | !!!Ultimate Student Council President |
| 294 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/murasame_dr3.png]] |
| 295 | [[caption-width-right:250:Murasame in ''Danganronpa 3: Despair Arc''.]] |
| 296 | The president of Hope's Peak Academy's student council and one of the two survivors of The Tragedy of Hope's Peak Academy, having been rendered comatose by a head wound. He actually recovered a while ago, but has faked being comatose out of shell shock and trauma. Matsuda eventually manages to get a reaction out of him and chokes him to death upon realizing what he knows. |
| 297 | ---- |
| 298 | * TheFaceless: His face isn't shown in the illustrations, which contrasts with the other students who appear. Murasame's face is eventually revealed in ''Anime/Danganronpa3''. |
| 299 | * HeKnowsTooMuch: Why Matsuda killed him. |
| 300 | * MadnessMantra: Starts screaming for Junko to be killed over and over before he dies. |
| 301 | * ObfuscatingDisability: He isn't actually in a coma, though he still can barely think. |
| 302 | * ShellShockedVeteran: So much so that after coming to, he's only referred to as "that thing." |
| 303 | * SoleSurvivor: The only surviving member of the student council after The Tragedy of Hope's Peak Academy... though it doesn't last thanks to Matsuda. |
| 304 | * StudentCouncilPresident: His talent. |
| 305 | * SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: Timeline-wise. In ''Danganronpa 3: Despair Arc'', he's shown to have survived The Tragedy of Hope's Peak Academy (which happens in Episode 7), only to not be mentioned in any later episodes. ''Danganronpa Zero'' happens between Episodes 10 and 11. |
| 306 | * WalkingSpoiler: His role reveals not only what The Tragedy of Hope's Peak Academy is, but also Matsuda's true motives. |
| 307 | [[/folder]] |
| 308 | |
| 309 | [[folder:The True Mastermind]] |
| 310 | !!!True Ultimate Despair |
| 311 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see the true mastermind.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/junko_enoshima_dr0.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 312 | See their separate page [[Characters/DanganronpaJunkoEnoshima here]]. |
| 313 | [[/folder]] |
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